James Eagleson
3268 Golf Drive
San Jose, CA 95127
Phone: 408-251-3383       [email protected]
http://members.surfbest.net/eaglesnest

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:    I have worked in a variety of electronics environments including broadcast, commercial, consumer and industrial markets. This work has included equipment operating from 30 KHz to 10 GHz including AM, FM, Digital, Linear Modulation (ACSSB), SSB, and CW modes. I have designed or developed receivers, transmitters, modulators, PLL circuitry, video, audio, antennas, and A/D interface circuits. My background includes research & development, component level design, system design and integration, bench and field service, prototyping through production, quality assessment, customer service, technical drawing (manual & CAD), writing of users manuals and Engineering/Production/QA documentation, and FCC Part 15 and Part 95 testing and submission.

Present:    SAVI Technology, Sunnyvale, CA

Systems Engineer:  Design RFID systems to match customer requirements using SAVI and other vendors RFID equipment, networks, and software.  This includes RTLS (Real Time Location Systems) and DOD installations.  It also included custom antenna design at HF (loop antennas) and UHF (Yagi antennas).  I am also on a patent application for a new RFID product soon to be released for which I was a major concept contributor.

1995-2000 R.F. Technologies, Milwaukee, WI

Senior RF Design Engineer: RF Identification Equipment, Bed & Chair Alarms, Perimeter Alarms, and TV Monitoring for the health care industry. 30 KHz to 1 GHz. The company has grown from $3M / 50 employees when I joined 4 years ago to $12M / 75-plus employees at the present time (1998).

1993-1994 AES, Milwaukee, WI

Service Technician, HF, VHF, UHF AM/SSB/CW/FM transceivers 3-150W, HT's, receivers, commercial two way radios. (This was temporary employment while looking for RF positions in Milwaukee area.. an uncommon commodity in this region).

1986-1993 Allen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee, WI

Senior Development Engineer: R & D, circuit design, field support, production support for RF Identification equipment operating at 915 / 1830 MHz and using RS232 / 422 & DH485 communications. This equipment is still used in heavy industrial environments such as automobile manufacturing at temperatures up to 220 degrees Celsius.

1979-1986 IDX, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA

Senior RF Design Engineer for RFID circuitry for livestock, rail, transit, and industrial applications. This included foundational R & D for passive (batteryless) UHF RFID tags, system and product development, production support, product application and customization to meet specific customer needs. IDX was purchased by Allen-Bradley in 1986 and moved to Milwaukee in 1988.  This work was primarily at 915 and 1830 MHz plus baseband.

1976-1979 KLM Electronics, Morgan Hill, CA

Service Manager, Customer Service and Service Technician for VHF / UHF multimode transceiver products, Line Foreman for TVRO (4 GHz satellite TV receivers) and VHF / UHF Power amplifier production lines, Technical Writing, FCC Type Acceptances & Certifications, and Purchasing for TVRO and Amplifier products.

1973-1976 SBE, Inc., Watsonville, CA

R & D Technician for CB, Business, and Marine radios. Service Technician for CB, Business, and Amateur HF, VHF, UHF radios. FCC Type Acceptance of CB and Land Mobile & Marine radios.
 

          Other: FCC First Class Radiotelephone license

          Chief Engineer, KOMY-am (Watsonville, CA), and KSJS-fm (San Jose, CA)